Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Each Thanksgiving I let the kids and I make up little treats to snack on while they're waiting for dinner to be ready and these little hats are a great way to keep small hands busy and out of the olives.

With a ginger snap on the bottom and an upside-down miniature-sized Reese's peanut butter cup on the top (glued together with a dot of frosting) you've got a holiday treat that's probably much more indulgent than the Pilgrims would ever have allowed. It's a Thanksgiving irony!

I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere about eating your hat but I'm too slow to figure it out right now.

I've been making these for years - they are a huge hit with my family - with a slight variation - I use a chocolate wafer cookie instead of a ginger snap. Nabisco makes the chocolate wafer cookies ... not always easy to find though. Thanks for the reminder to start looking now!

we don't have reeses here. ok well, maybe in some shop somewhere with imports and i'm guessing they'd cost a pretty penny but i've never been on the hunt for them. this makes me miss reeses and all the wonderful sweets to make with them. yum!i'm pretty sure i'd also be sick from devouring those before i ever ate the turkey dinner. maybe it's a good thing we don't have those here? :)

these are adorable. i wonder if i can get peanut-free peanut-butter-cups??? this would be perfect for the teacher appreciation lunch at our school but it's gotta be peanut free. i'll work on it. these are so cute.

These look yummy! You should know, however, that the Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving involved THREE STRAIGHT DAYS of feasting and games. Those folks didn't have a problem with indulgence when it was the proper time. They'd probably gobble these down!

Just the homeschooler in me coming out with that tidbit of info...LOL.

For those of you that want peanut butter free; You can use chocolate dipped marshmallows. I just made them tonight. They are fabulous. You can see them on my blog. I will also be making these as I love peanut butter cups.